diff --git a/src/apprt/gtk-ng/class/application.zig b/src/apprt/gtk-ng/class/application.zig
index 4f4cc77d4..d653d3e99 100644
--- a/src/apprt/gtk-ng/class/application.zig
+++ b/src/apprt/gtk-ng/class/application.zig
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ const apprt = @import("../../../apprt.zig");
 const cgroup = @import("../cgroup.zig");
 const CoreApp = @import("../../../App.zig");
 const configpkg = @import("../../../config.zig");
+const input = @import("../../../input.zig");
 const internal_os = @import("../../../os/main.zig");
 const systemd = @import("../../../os/systemd.zig");
 const terminal = @import("../../../terminal/main.zig");
@@ -24,6 +25,7 @@ const CoreConfig = configpkg.Config;
 const CoreSurface = @import("../../../Surface.zig");
 
 const ext = @import("../ext.zig");
+const key = @import("../key.zig");
 const adw_version = @import("../adw_version.zig");
 const gtk_version = @import("../gtk_version.zig");
 const winprotopkg = @import("../winproto.zig");
@@ -861,6 +863,61 @@ pub const Application = extern struct {
         }
     }
 
+    fn syncActionAccelerators(self: *Self) void {
+        self.syncActionAccelerator("app.quit", .{ .quit = {} });
+        self.syncActionAccelerator("app.open-config", .{ .open_config = {} });
+        self.syncActionAccelerator("app.reload-config", .{ .reload_config = {} });
+        self.syncActionAccelerator("win.toggle-inspector", .{ .inspector = .toggle });
+        self.syncActionAccelerator("app.show-gtk-inspector", .show_gtk_inspector);
+        self.syncActionAccelerator("win.toggle-command-palette", .toggle_command_palette);
+        self.syncActionAccelerator("win.close", .{ .close_window = {} });
+        self.syncActionAccelerator("win.new-window", .{ .new_window = {} });
+        self.syncActionAccelerator("win.new-tab", .{ .new_tab = {} });
+        self.syncActionAccelerator("win.close-tab", .{ .close_tab = {} });
+        self.syncActionAccelerator("win.split-right", .{ .new_split = .right });
+        self.syncActionAccelerator("win.split-down", .{ .new_split = .down });
+        self.syncActionAccelerator("win.split-left", .{ .new_split = .left });
+        self.syncActionAccelerator("win.split-up", .{ .new_split = .up });
+        self.syncActionAccelerator("win.copy", .{ .copy_to_clipboard = {} });
+        self.syncActionAccelerator("win.paste", .{ .paste_from_clipboard = {} });
+        self.syncActionAccelerator("win.reset", .{ .reset = {} });
+        self.syncActionAccelerator("win.clear", .{ .clear_screen = {} });
+        self.syncActionAccelerator("win.prompt-title", .{ .prompt_surface_title = {} });
+    }
+
+    fn syncActionAccelerator(
+        self: *Self,
+        gtk_action: [:0]const u8,
+        action: input.Binding.Action,
+    ) void {
+        const gtk_app = self.as(gtk.Application);
+
+        // Reset it initially
+        const zero = [_:null]?[*:0]const u8{};
+        gtk_app.setAccelsForAction(gtk_action, &zero);
+
+        const config = self.private().config.get();
+        const trigger = config.keybind.set.getTrigger(action) orelse return;
+        var buf: [1024]u8 = undefined;
+        const accel = if (key.accelFromTrigger(
+            &buf,
+            trigger,
+        )) |accel_|
+            accel_ orelse return
+        else |err| switch (err) {
+            // This should really never, never happen. Its not critical enough
+            // to actually crash, but this is a bug somewhere. An accelerator
+            // for a trigger can't possibly be more than 1024 bytes.
+            error.NoSpaceLeft => {
+                log.warn("accelerator somehow longer than 1024 bytes: {}", .{trigger});
+                return;
+            },
+        };
+        const accels = [_:null]?[*:0]const u8{accel};
+
+        gtk_app.setAccelsForAction(gtk_action, &accels);
+    }
+
     //---------------------------------------------------------------
     // Properties
 
@@ -891,6 +948,9 @@ pub const Application = extern struct {
         _: *gobject.ParamSpec,
         self: *Self,
     ) callconv(.c) void {
+        // Sync our accelerators for menu items.
+        self.syncActionAccelerators();
+
         // Load our runtime and custom CSS. If this fails then our window is
         // just stuck with the old CSS but we don't want to fail the entire
         // config change operation.
diff --git a/src/apprt/gtk-ng/class/global_shortcuts.zig b/src/apprt/gtk-ng/class/global_shortcuts.zig
index b15a0d5a9..512dac57e 100644
--- a/src/apprt/gtk-ng/class/global_shortcuts.zig
+++ b/src/apprt/gtk-ng/class/global_shortcuts.zig
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ pub const GlobalShortcuts = extern struct {
         }
     }
 
-    fn refresh(self: *Self) !void {
+    fn refresh(self: *Self) Allocator.Error!void {
         // Always close our previous state first.
         self.close();
 
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ pub const GlobalShortcuts = extern struct {
         errdefer priv.map = .{};
 
         // Update map
-        var trigger_buf: [256]u8 = undefined;
+        var trigger_buf: [1024]u8 = undefined;
         var it = config.keybind.set.bindings.iterator();
         while (it.next()) |entry| {
             const leaf = switch (entry.value_ptr.*) {
@@ -183,10 +183,23 @@ pub const GlobalShortcuts = extern struct {
             };
             if (!leaf.flags.global) continue;
 
-            const trigger = try key.xdgShortcutFromTrigger(
+            const trigger = if (key.xdgShortcutFromTrigger(
                 &trigger_buf,
                 entry.key_ptr.*,
-            ) orelse continue;
+            )) |shortcut_|
+                shortcut_ orelse continue
+            else |err| switch (err) {
+                // If there isn't space to translate the trigger, then our
+                // buffer might be too small (but 1024 is insane!). In any case
+                // we don't want to stop registering globals.
+                error.NoSpaceLeft => {
+                    log.warn(
+                        "buffer too small to translate trigger, ignoring={}",
+                        .{entry.key_ptr.*},
+                    );
+                    continue;
+                },
+            };
 
             try priv.map.put(
                 alloc,
diff --git a/src/apprt/gtk-ng/key.zig b/src/apprt/gtk-ng/key.zig
index fc3296366..344d7de43 100644
--- a/src/apprt/gtk-ng/key.zig
+++ b/src/apprt/gtk-ng/key.zig
@@ -9,7 +9,10 @@ const input = @import("../../input.zig");
 const winproto = @import("winproto.zig");
 
 /// Returns a GTK accelerator string from a trigger.
-pub fn accelFromTrigger(buf: []u8, trigger: input.Binding.Trigger) !?[:0]const u8 {
+pub fn accelFromTrigger(
+    buf: []u8,
+    trigger: input.Binding.Trigger,
+) error{NoSpaceLeft}!?[:0]const u8 {
     var buf_stream = std.io.fixedBufferStream(buf);
     const writer = buf_stream.writer();
 
@@ -30,7 +33,10 @@ pub fn accelFromTrigger(buf: []u8, trigger: input.Binding.Trigger) !?[:0]const u
 
 /// Returns a XDG-compliant shortcuts string from a trigger.
 /// Spec: https://specifications.freedesktop.org/shortcuts-spec/latest/
-pub fn xdgShortcutFromTrigger(buf: []u8, trigger: input.Binding.Trigger) !?[:0]const u8 {
+pub fn xdgShortcutFromTrigger(
+    buf: []u8,
+    trigger: input.Binding.Trigger,
+) error{NoSpaceLeft}!?[:0]const u8 {
     var buf_stream = std.io.fixedBufferStream(buf);
     const writer = buf_stream.writer();